Help me get the chewing gum out of the carpet.

[dolo amber]

Someome seems to have brought in a glob of chewing gum on their shoes and planted it into the lovely and very plush carpeting in the dining room. I've used ice before but it seems to be too thick for this to be effective. Don't wanna try peanut butter cos that just seems like it would compound the problem. Incidentally, doing a google search will open a whole new world of mass marketed chewing gum removal products. Who knew! :D

Any ideas?

[realFedUp]

1. I thought freeze and cut out were the answers.

Or cut out the offending rug bit and plug in a new
piece if you have it.

Or the bachelor way: stick a piece of furniture on
top of it.

[bahrbearian]

2. There is a aerosol product Department stores use called

Gum Out it freeze's it so you can pull it right out.

[blondeatlast]

6. This stuff works very well.

It freezes on contact and you just pull the stuff out, bit by bit.

It does the most complete job, but it takes longer than others.

[Democrats unite]

3. Try peanut butter

worked for me!

[Lars39]

4. Didn't somebody here have this problem not too long ago?

Seems like I remember them using wallpaper remover. :shrug: Good luck in whatever you use!

[JewelDigger]

5. Goo Gone or Goo-Be-Gone

available in hardware stores and most grocery stores works great! It's some kind of orange extract, but I've had great success using it on these kinds of 'little disasters' over the years.